The WeDigBio Board is pleased to announce a 1-hour symposium entitled “Energizing Understanding of Biodiversity Close-at-Hand with Hyperlocal Collections” on October 13 from 2–3 PM ET (=New York City time). Hear from diverse perspectives on the roles of hyperlocal natural history collections in advancing biodiversity understanding and conservation, and join in the conversation.
WeDigBio's Why Dig Bio symposium.
Three thought leaders reflect on major motivations to create digital information about biodiversity at international, national, and personal scales. What drives the creation and sharing of digital data about the three billion insects on pins, fish in jars, fossils in drawers, plants on sheets, and other specimen types curated by the world's museums, universities, government labs, botanical gardens, zoos, and elsewhere?
Introduce your biodiversity collections to the world during April’s WeDigBio event (Thursday–Sunday, April 13-16, 2023) and the broader Citizen Science Month!
Let us know your plans, so that your activities can appear on the calendar and we have enough time to get the WeDigBio stickers and tattoos to you for your participants.
We are excited to announce the return of our popular professional development opportunity: Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Collections.
This free online course is focused on public participation in science as it relates to digitization and research using biodiversity specimens. Public participation in science is sometimes referred to as citizen science, community science, or crowdsourcing.
Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections, or WeDigBio, is a global data campaign, virtual science festival, and local outreach opportunity, all rolled into one. The annual, 4-day WeDigBio events mobilize participants to create digital data about biodiversity specimens, including fish in jars, plants on sheets, insects on pins, and fossils in drawers. During a typical WeDigBio event, some participants are at onsite events hosted by museums, field stations, universities, science classrooms, or other organizations. Those onsite events provide oppor
Three ways to introduce your biodiversity collections to the world during April’s WeDigBio event (Thursday–Sunday, April 7–10, 2022) and the broader Citizen Science Month!
Let us know your plans by Wednesday, March 23, so that your activities can appear on the calendar and we have enough time to get the WeDigBio stickers and tattoos to you for your participants.
Three ways to introduce your biodiversity collections to the world during April’s WeDigBio event (Thursday–Sunday, April 7–10, 2022) and the broader Citizen Science Month!
Let us know your plans by Wednesday, March 23, so that your activities can appear on the calendar and we have enough time to get the WeDigBio stickers and tattoos to you for your participants.
How many species can YOU find?
The 2021 SACNAS Summer BioBlitz will be conducted virtually 28 July 2021. To participate, all you need is a smartphone, tablet, or a camera and computer.
It’s easy to participate! Simply:
How many species can YOU find?
The 2021 Digital Data BioBlitz will be conducted virtually Jun 5-9, 2021. To participate, all you need is a smartphone, tablet, or a camera and computer.
To participate all you have to do is:
Gather your friends, colleagues, students and family to mobilize natural history collections data during WeDigBio and support critical biodiversity research! This spring, WeDigBio will take place April 8-11, 2021.
Similar to last year, we are anticipating that most, if not all WeDigBio events will take place online, enabled by Zoom, Twitter, and other social platforms. The April 2020 event was the most productive yet and we’re hoping for another great turnout this year!
Contributed by: Libby Ellwood, Austin Mast, Robert Bruhn and Kevin Love
The 2020 SACNAS BioBlitz will be conducted virtually 14-18 October 2020. To participate, all you need is a smartphone, tablet, or a camera and computer.
To participate all you have to do is:
Contributed by: Libby Ellwood, Austin Mast, Robert Bruhn and Kevin Love
Energizing Classroom and WeDigBio Events with the BIOSPEX Scoreboard
Friday, Sept 27, 3 p.m. EST, at https://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/wedigbio
Speaker: Austin Mast, Moderator: Libby Ellwood
Contributed by: Jeanette Pirlo
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| Figure 1: Imaging Workshop participant demonstrates proper imaging techniques by manipulating lighting, enhancing the specimen by providing a matte background, and properly using a scalebar in the image. Photo Credit: Jeanette Pirlo |
